lord mayor of cork earns more than Spanish PM

boardie100

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/mayor-takes-9000-pay-cut-but-still-earns-more-than-spanish-pm-3227277.html

this is what your household tax will be paying for lads.....

Fratton Fred

I blame the banks/Germany/bond holders.

Zebra3

Shameful stuff. :mad:

rabble rabble you're only jealous and begrudgers rabble public sector bashers are mean rabble need to advertise high salaries for best workers

did i cover it all

Valetta

I live in Ireland.

Why would I be worried about what the lord mayor of a different country earns?

TheBody

No need for any county councillors in any county. Complete waste of money.

Plazaman

Well he is running a People's Republic. What did you expect?

super_furry

Simple make him King of Cork, cut them out from their Dublin subsidies and let them fend for themselves.

iDave

super_furry wrote: »

Simple make him King of Cork, cut them out from their Dublin subsidies and let them fend for themselves.

So does the Peoples Republic get remaned the Peoples Kingdom?

Sykk

super_furry wrote: »

Simple make him King of Cork, cut them out from their Dublin subsidies and let them fend for themselves.

This man for Taoiseach!

super_furry

iDave wrote: »

So does the Peoples Republic get remaned the Peoples Kingdom?

You think a democracy would keep those Langers in check? Let them look after themselves and they'd be voting for trees. A dictatorship or monarchy is the only way it'd work.

syklops

bluewolf wrote: »

rabble rabble you're only jealous and begrudgers rabble public sector bashers are mean rabble need to advertise high salaries for best workers

did i cover it all

You forgot blast them with piss and Yore Ma.

Pappa Charlie

Joe Duffy earns more than Obama! At least the mayor isnt pontificating to the country everyday and talking out of both sides of his mouth!

SEPT 23 1989

I really thought the IMF would have sorted this kind of cr@p out at this stage of the takeover

K.Flyer

So here is the question...
Is the Spanish PM grossly underpaid or is the Cork LM grossly overpaid?
Or does it really matter what those in higher office in Ireland are getting paid as long as it comes out of the taxpayers pocket because, as usual, nothing substantive will ever be done about it.

joolsveer

On a point of order Cork does not have a lord mayor. There are only two lord mayors in Ireland - Dublin and Belfast.

golden lane

what public servants get paid..........can be altered by simple civil disobedience action...

Ush1

Well the Spanish PM should certainly not be making mental money since Spain is in an awful state.

Lumbo

golden lane wrote: »

what public servants get paid..........can be altered by simple civil disobedience action...

Plenty of overtime for the guards if that happens.

We need solutions, not more costs to the taxpayer.












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Hail 2 Da Chimp

How does the mayor of Cork make ~25K more in salary, than the mayor of Dublin?

super_furry

Hail 2 Da Chimp wrote: »

How does the mayor of Cork make ~25K more in salary, than the mayor of Dublin?

He told the people of Cork that the Dublin mayor earns more and obviously they couldn't let Dublin beat them.

golden lane

Lumbo wrote: »

Plenty of overtime for the guards if that happens.

We need solutions, not more costs to the taxpaye












:pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac::pac:

ok....do nothing.....

Micky Dolenz

Good work if you can get it.

Fratton Fred

K.Flyer wrote: »

So here is the question...
Is the Spanish PM grossly underpaid or is the Cork LM grossly overpaid?
Or does it really matter what those in higher office in Ireland are getting paid as long as it comes out of the taxpayers pocket because, as usual, nothing substantive will ever be done about it.

yeah, but the PM of Spain doesn't even pay for his own tea....

ballsymchugh

joolsveer wrote: »

On a point of order Cork does not have a lord mayor. There are only two lord mayors in Ireland - Dublin and Belfast.

http://www.corkcity.ie/lordmayor/

better tell them so!

sozbox

ballsymchugh wrote: »

http://www.corkcity.ie/lordmayor/

better tell them so!

Interestingly if you look up his schedule there for this coming Sunday you'll see:

3.30 p.m. Formally close the Emergency Services Exhibition– in the City Hall.
4.00 p.m. Attend the 2012 Camogie All Ireland Senior Championship Final – in Croke Park.
6.30 p.m. Attend the Irish Blood Transfusion Service Donor Award Ceremony – in
Rochestown Park Hotel.

Anyone see the problem here? That free car of his must be well fast.

suicide_circus

The political and upper civil service class in this country are a cartel of self serving treasonous leeches and the sooner the streets run red with their blood, the better.

Ghandee

Ush1 wrote: »

Well the Spanish PM should certainly not be making mental money since Spain is in an awful state.

Its in better shape than us though.

connundrum

More importantly, the Lord Mayor of Cork.. is from Cork.

ilovesleep

suicide_circus wrote: »

The political and upper civil service class in this country are a cartel of self serving treasonous leeches and the sooner the streets run red with their blood, the better.

I love you. The words you typed are so funny.

Ush1

Ghandee wrote: »

Its in better shape than us though.

Yes debt wise.

But we have an unemployment rate of roughly 15%, Spain is at 25% with youth unemployment at 53%!

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/9432212/Spanish-jobless-rate-24.6pc-youth-unemployment-at-53pc.html

Skylinehead

Ghandee wrote: »

Its in better shape than us though.

It's really, really not. Their unemployment is through the roof.

Cee-Jay-Cee

Ridiculous. Towns and cities would function perfectly well without Mayors. Do they actually perform any duties which towns or cities cannot do without?

sozbox

CJC999 wrote: »

Ridiculous. Towns and cities would function perfectly well without Mayors. Do they actually perform any duties which towns or cities cannot do without?

they have to power to grant half-days, not to be underestimated!

apaynea

Ridiculous waste of money! I presume the lord mayor of Cork is decided in the same way as the Dublin one, with each main party taking a turn at appointing one of their councilors?

wendell borton

Plazaman wrote: »

Well he is running a People's Republic. What did you expect?

Across the border the kingdom of kerry is ruled by the gombeen dynasty of healy-rae.

Knight who says Meh

CJC999 wrote: »

Ridiculous. Towns and cities would function perfectly well without Mayors. Do they actually perform any duties which towns or cities cannot do without?

I am cursed to live and work in Longford where we have a town Mayor, County Mayor and Granard, a 1 street village has a mayor and all three have in the past topped the poll for expenses claimed.
The current town l mayor cannot speak in public which is pretty much the main function of a mayor. He regularly gets titters and giggles from his audience. The latest doozie i witnessed was his opening of a literary festival which he referred to as a liturgy festival.
naturally enough these unqualified, ill educated people are voted in by their fellow travellers on the council.
Ireland Ladies and gentlemen..IRELAND!!!!!!!

Colmustard

He is worth every penny of it.

holystungun9

CJC999 wrote: »

Ridiculous. Towns and cities would function perfectly well without Mayors. Do they actually perform any duties which towns or cities cannot do without?

Who else could possibly take charge of a big pair of scissors.

Tomk1

-Because his... worth it !!!

but he will still earn more than the prime ministers of Israel, Sweden, Spain and even Russia.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/mayor-takes-9000-pay-cut-but-still-earns-more-than-spanish-pm-3227277.html
One thing to talk about spain, but more than the PM of Russia, the peoples republic of Russia has a few things to learn from us in Cork.

I assume the Lord of Dublin whose earning a pity 20grand less, will seriously look into this; with the obvious solution of an fair-equality-ratio-population-salary scale. ie a 40 grand increase to beat Cork, but in order todo so will just have to raise a couple of eruo in taxs from the peasant middle-class, time to send out the sheriff.

NinjaK

SEPT 23 1989 wrote: »

I really thought the IMF would have sorted this kind of cr@p out at this stage of the takeover

they are only interested in screwing the average man, not the elite.

FatherLen

he gets an "entertainment expenses" bonus?!?

is that not what is wages are for?

opinion guy

joolsveer wrote: »

On a point of order Cork does not have a lord mayor. There are only two lord mayors in Ireland - Dublin and Belfast.

Yes and the plain old regular Mayor of Cork could buy and sell them both :P

So I have a question - are there Mayors all over the country makign this kind of money ?????

splendid101

When will people realise the complete irrelevance of comparisons between wages in different countries?

I bet the Lord Mayor of Cork's mortgage is also higher, as would be his shopping bill, the price of his children's school books, his electricity, his petrol, his suits.....etc., etc., etc.

I'm not saying he's paid too little our just right or making any sort of comment on what he should be paid. Bringing the Spanish Prime Minister's wages into is only relevant if you're a reactionary who puts no thought into your opinions.

wendell borton

In the Republic of Ireland, the posts of Lord Mayor of Dublin (granted under the Kingdom of Ireland) and Lord Mayor of Cork (granted when this city was part of the United Kingdom) still exist, and are symbolic titles as in the UK.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord_Mayor

For a symbolic position the pay is ridiculous, to paraphrase george wallace

Being governor mayor don't mean a thing anymore in this country. We're nothing. Just high-paid ornaments is all. I'm thinking of running for president myself.

.

Tomk1

splendid101 wrote: »

.....etc., etc., etc.

ah don't stop keep going... don't forget big novelty scissors.
BTW I thought the cost of living in Dublin would be more than Cork.

I have no problem with a Lord Mayor, n' I like our new one, I do think they should have a more administrate role in the county public service, then sack every single local councillor, no idea what they do.

working fool

She was in the band SIX FFS
The royaltys alone must keep her :-)

This is why we need accountability in public finances, if councils were locally funded something might be done about it and as well as that yokels might stop complaining about Dublin taking all their money. :pac:

wobblyknees

I heard about this and did a small bit of research, and listened to a couple of interviews. It would seem that the Lord Mayor of Cork does not personally earn more than the PM of Spain. For example, as far as I am aware, the office of Mayor is allocated 80000, not the Mayor himself. The Mayor himself also does not use the car except for official engagements. I also take him at face value when he says he uses either his own car or public transport.

I do think his actual salary is probably too high, and he agrees by suggesting a 10% cut. Either way, in my opinion, suggesting the Lord Mayor of Cork earns as much as the PM of Spain for example makes a good headline/story but it is a little too black and white for me.